2003
Recent Advances in Liver Transplantation
Wiesner RH, Rakela J, Ishitani MB, Mulligan DC, Spivey JR, Steers JL, Krom RA. Recent Advances in Liver Transplantation. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2003, 78: 197-210. PMID: 12583530, DOI: 10.4065/78.2.197.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiver transplantationHepatitis CEnd-stage liver disease (MELD) allocation systemRecurrent hepatitis C.Acute cellular rejectionDonor liver transplantationRecurrent hepatitis CDeath of patientsLong-term survivalLiver allocation policyQuality of lifeCellular rejectionChronic rejectionDomino transplantationImmunosuppressive regimensMetabolic complicationsRecurrent diseaseHepatitis C.Marginal donorsProlong survivalUnited NetworkHepatic support systemDonor poolEffective therapyDonor organs
2002
Detection of hepatitis C virus sequences in brain tissue obtained in recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation
Vargas HE, Laskus T, Radkowski M, Wilkinson J, Balan V, Douglas DD, Harrison ME, Mulligan DC, Olden K, Adair D, Rakela J. Detection of hepatitis C virus sequences in brain tissue obtained in recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation. Liver Transplantation 2002, 8: 1014-1019. PMID: 12424714, DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2002.36393.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHCV RNA negative strandRecurrent hepatitis CHepatitis CBrain tissueLiver transplantationHCV replicationSevere hepatitis C recurrenceHepatitis C virus replicationCholestatic fibrosing hepatitisHepatitis C recurrenceStrand-specific TthChronic hepatitis CChronic hepatitis C.Subcortical white matterC virus replicationReverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reactionCentral nervous systemHepatitis C virus sequencesC recurrenceMultiorgan failureHepatitis C.Easy fatigabilityCerebral cortexCerebral functionPolymerase chain reaction